[lazarus] global util unit

[Marco van de Voort]

> On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Marco van de Voort wrote:
> 
> >
> > To streamline the 1.0->1.1 conversion a bit, I want to wrap a few (3,4) unix
> > functions temporarily. (Things like access etc), since it really saves a lot
> > of ifdefs.
> >
> > What unit (that is pretty much available anywhere, Lazarus +lcl) can I
> > put them in?
> 
> Stop !

/me drops the compiler.
 
> Maybe we should put these functions in SysUtils in a platform-independent
> way, if they are more generally usable ?

No.  They are only temporary, to ease maintenance and porting while doing
the 1.0->1.1 conversion of Lazarus.

I don't plan to build large compability units for this.